Free-agent QB Brett Favre (Vikings) said he is enjoying retirement and has no plans of returning to the NFL. Favre also denied there have been any talks with teams about ending retirement. "I haven't contacted nor have been contacted by any teams and all reports are inaccurate," Favre said.

RetiredNFL WR Randy Moss said Thursday, Sept. 15, while playing golf in the Foxboro area that he will not return to the league to play for the New England Patriots or any team. "No, I'm done," Moss said. "I'm just here golfing, minding my business."

The NFL and NFL trade association have agreed to give retired players nearly $1 billion dollars in additional benefits over the 10 years in the new collective bargaining agreement they are working on completing.

Former Kansas City Chiefs LB Mike Vrabel said Tuesday, July 12, that his decision to retire and join the Ohio State coaching staff as linebackers coach wasn't due to the lockout. "I thought in January when we lost to the (Baltimore Ravens) that I had played my last down in the NFL," Vrabel said. "Whether the league resumed in March, I don't know if I would have felt any better or any worse, but I'm comfortable with this decision."

Retrired QB Brett Favre's mother and brother said that Favre will remain retired. "I would say there's less than a 1 percent chance," Scott Favre, Favre's brother, said. "He is retired." Bonita Favre, Brett's mother, added, "I would hope he would not do it. He is crazy if he does."

Ralph Vacchiano, of the New York Daily News, reports agent Drew Rosenhaus wrote on Twitter that free-agent CB Sam Madison (Giants) has not retired from the league. Rosenhaus said, "Sam Madison is working very hard to rehab his injured ankle and will be healthy in time for training camp.

Bob Wolfley, of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, reports former NFL QB Phil Simms said he thinks retired NFL QB Brett Favre should stay retired. "Just my opinion, I hope he stays retired," Simms said. "He'll get over it, the fact that he is not playing. For the Green Bay Packers, I think they have moved on. If they had to give you an answer since he said he was retired, I believe their answer would be, go ahead let him stay retired."